Purchas his pilgrimes. part 1 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

§. III. Differences betwixt the Hollanders (stiling themselues English) the Iauans, and other things remarkable.

ABout this time also, there was much falling out betweene the Flemmings and the [ 20] Countrey people, by meanes of the rude behauiour of the Flemmings, and many of them were stabd in the euenings: and at that time the Common people knew not vs from the Flemmings, for both they and wee were called by the name of English∣men, by reason of their vsurping our name at their first comming thither to trade, wherein they did our Nation much wrong, for wee were euer ashamed of their behauiour, and as wee passed along the street, wee might heare the people in the Market, rayling and exclayming on the Eng∣lish men, although they meant the Hollanders, wherefore,* 1.1 we fearing some of our men might be slaine in stead of them, wee began to thinke how wee might make our selues knowne from the Hollanders.

And now the seuenteenth of Nouember drawing neere, the which wee held to be our Coro∣nation [ 30] day, (for at that time, nor the yeare following, we knew no other) we all suted our selues in new apparell of silke, and made vs all Scarfes of white and red Taffata, beeing our Countrie Colours, Also we made a Flagge with the red Crosse through the middle, and because wee that were the Merchants would be knowne from our men, we edged our Scarfes with a deepe fringe of gold, and that was our difference. Our day being come, wee set vp our Banner of Saint George, vpon the top of our house, and with our Drumme and Shot wee marched vp and downe within our owne ground, being but fourteene in number, wherefore we could march but single one after another, and so plied our Shot, and casting our selues in Rings and Esses. The Sabindar and di∣uers of the Chiefest of the Land, hearing our Peeces, came to see vs and to enquire the cause of our triumph, we told them, that that day seuen and fortie yeare, our Queene was crowned, wher∣fore all English men, in what Countrey soeuer they were did triumph on that day, Hee greatly [ 40] commended vs for hauing our Prince in remembrance in so farre a Countrey. Many others did aske vs, why the English men at the other house did not so: wee told them, that they were no English men, but Hollanders, and that they had no King, but their Land was ruled by Gouernors. Some would replie againe, and say they named themselues to bee English men at first, and there∣fore they tooke them to be English men, but wee would tell them againe, they were of another Countrey neere England, and spake another Language, and that if they did talke with them now, they should heare they were of another Nation. The multitude of the people did admire to see so few of vs deliuer so much shot, for the Iauans and Chinees are no good shot. In the af∣ter noone I caused our men to walke abroad the Towne, and the Market, whereby the people might take notice of them, and the red and white Scarfes and Hat-bands made such a showe, that [ 50] the Inhabitants of those parts had neuer seene the like, so that euer after that day, wee were knowne from the Hollanders, and many times, the children in the streets would runne after vs, crying, Oran Engrees bayk, oran Hollanda Iahad, which is, the English men are good, the Hollan∣ders are naught. Generall Warwicke went for Patanea, and from thence to China.

The sixt day of December came in two ships, which some six moneths before he had sent thi∣ther, who comming vnder the Iland of Mackow, found a Carracke there riding at an anchor, bee∣ing full laden with raw Silks, Muske, and diuers other costly wares, readie to depart,* 1.2 and at that time, her men were almost all ashoare, so that they tooke her without any resistance, or very little, they laded their two ships and the rest they set a fire, so that there was by their owne re∣port▪ [ 60] twice so much burnt as they brought away. Comming backe they met with a great Iuncke of Syon, with whom they fought and killed threescore and foure men. They had some slaine and hurt also, but when they had taken her, and knew her to be of Syon, they let her goe againe, be∣cause they had or shortly meant to send Factors there, the Captaine of the Iuncke was slaine, who they say, when they haled him would not tell them of whence he was, and when they bad

him strike, Answered that he would not for neuer a Saile that swamme in the Sea. The Flemmings not knowing Muske sold great store to certaine of Iapan, which they met with at Sea for little or nothing. After they had spent some fortie dayes in Bantam, and their Mariners, some wicked∣ly and some vainly consumed their pillage, (which was great) vpon the seuenteenth of Ianuary they set saile from thence, being foure ships in company there. One had laded at Bantam, and one that some two monethes before came from China; and had spent foure yeares out of their Countrey, of which time, they had beene fourteene monethes at Cachinchina, where they at their first comming were betrayed,* 1.3 and their Captaines taken Prisoners, whom they made kneele on their knees foure and twentie houres, hauing their neckes bare, and one standing with a sharpe Sword readie to haue strooken off their heads when the word should bee giuen. They bare them [ 10] downe to be men of Warre and Spyes, and no Merchants. These Dutchmen were Papists, where∣fore in the end the Portugall Friers saued their liues, and afterwards they were kindly vsed, but their ransome cost them deare.

About this time the Protector sent to mee diuers times to lend him two thousand pieces of eight, and if not two thousand, a thousand, but I put him of, telling him we were left there with goods but no money. Also that the people of the Countrey ought vs much, the which we could not get in, likewise that as yet we had bought but little Pepper, wherefore we must buy all wee could to get lading against we expected our ships.* 1.4 The Flemmings that came in so rich from Mac∣kow, had so bribed him, that now he began to harken to them concerning the building of a faire house. [ 20]

The sixt of February we lost one of our Company Robert Wallis, and many more of our men were s••cke and lame,* 1.5 which came by the heate of the Pepper in milling and shuting it, so that e∣uer after wee were forced to hire Chines to doe that worke, and our owne men to ouer-see them only.

The sixteenth of February, came in a great ship of Zeilan from Pattany, but fiue or sixe dayes before her comming, she sent in a small Slup or Pinnace, willing their Factors to buy vp all the Pepper they could,* 1.6 which made vs thinke that Generall Warwicke, with all his shippes was com∣ming to lade there, wherefore we bought vp all that wee found to bee good and merchantable. For the Chinees spoiled much with water and durt, because the Flemmings refused none, and it is of a certaine, the Chinees bought one of another, and sold it to the Flemmings againe at the same price they bought it, and yet they would gaine ten Rials of eight in a hundred sackes, by putting [ 30] in water and durt, for were it neuer so bad, they knew their Chapmen, and blow which way the wind would, they had shipping to come thither, either from the East or from the West, in so much that one would haue thought they meant to carrie away the Pepper growing on the Trees, Mountaines and all. The people there hearing our Countries are cold, haue asked vs if wee beat Pepper in our Morter,* 1.7 that we playster our wales with to make our houses warme. This ship hade taken much good purchase, but they sware those Englishmen they had with them, and also char∣ged them vpon losse of their wages, they should tell vs nothing, which we tooke very vnkindly.

There was at this time three houses of Flemmings, and all lay for seuerall accounts, and bought vp Pepper euery one so much as they could get. The fift of March, the Protector sent to mee in [ 40] the Kings name to borrow a thousand Rials of eight,* 1.8 wherefore I was forced to lend them fiue hundred, or else they would haue fallen out with me, the which the Flemmings would haue beene glad to haue seene.

About this time, there came in a Iuncke from Iore, with certaine Flemmings in it, who stole a∣away with their goods,* 1.9 because Iore had a long time beene besieged by the Portugals of Malacco, so that they of the Towne could hardly looke out. They said the Portugals offered the King of Iore peace, vpon condition hee wo••ld deliuer those Flemmings that were there into their hands, or kill them himselfe, to the which the King answered, that hee would first lose his Kingdome. In the beginning of this moneth of March, and to make an end of this old and wonderfull yeare, 1603. we had two great fires on the other side of the water which did much spoile,* 1.10 but God bee thanked the wind alwayes fauoured vs. [ 50]

And now to begin the new yeare 1604. my Pen affoords to speake of little else, but Murther, Theft,* 1.11 Warres, Fire and Treason, and first to begin with a Tragedie. We had a Malato of Pe∣gu in our house, which our ships brought from Achen, and in the great ship that came lately from Pattania, there was one of his Country men, who on Sunday being the eight of Aprill, had gotten a bottle of Wine, and brought it a-shore to make merry with our Molato. In the after∣noone, they walke abroad, met with the Prouost of their ship, who bid their Molato get him a-boord, but he answered he would not yet, whereupon the Prouost strooke him, our Molato seeing his Country-man mis••sed and being some what tickled in the head with wine, which hee did seldome vse to drinke,* 1.12 thought he would reuenge his Country-mans quarrell, wherefore hee [ 60] presently came home, and the euening being come, he tooke a Rapier and a Target, and with his Cryse at his backe went forth. And because at that time there was much quarrelling and brab∣bling betweene the Iauans and the Flemmings, I charged our men, that if they were sent out in the euening about any businesse, they should take their Weapons with them, for feare some Ia∣uans,

that knew them not might doe them a mischiefe in the darke, we thinking the Cooke had sent him into the Market for Herbes or something which hee wanted, mistrusted nothing. Also there went out with him a Slaue of the Sabindars,* 1.13 which was borne and brought vp amongst the Spaniards at the Manelies. They meeting with the Prouost, & the other Molato together, our Mo∣lato beganne to quarrell with the Prouost, and presently out with his Cryse, and stabd him, then fearing his Countryman would bewray him, stabd him also, and would haue slaine him that went out with him, had he not runne thorow a great Ditch, and so got from him, then meeting with a poore Iauan, and being nu••led in bloud stabd him likewise.

There manner is, that when a Iauan of any account is put to death, although there bee a com∣mon [ 10] Executioner, yet the neerest of kinne doth execute his office, and it is held the greatest fa∣uour they can doe them. The Protectour would haue twentie Rials of eight for the Iauan which was slaine, and the Hollanders his life. And accordingly they came with a guard of shot, the sixteenth of Aprill, to his execution, which the Executioner performed with quickest dis∣patch.

The same euening their Vice-Admirall, hauing one ship more in company set sayle for Hol∣land. The fourteenth day Thomas Tudd,* 1.14 the Companies chiefe Factor left there for Banda who had beene a long time sicke departed his life, so that of seuen Factors left there for this place and Banda, we were now but two liuing, and we had lost in all since the departure of our ships, eight men besides the Malato that was executed, and wee were now tenne liuing and one Boy. The [ 20] twentieth day died Iasper Gensbery, who was Admirall of the two ships that was betrayed at Cachinchina.

The two and twentieth of Aprill, came in a great Iuncke from China,* 1.15 which was thought to be cast away, because she tarryed so late, for they vse to come in February and March, but by reason of her comming, Cashis kept all the yeare at a very cheape rate, which was a great hinde∣rance to vs, in the sales of our prize goods, for when Cashis were cheape, and Rials deare, wee could not vent a piece of stuffe at halfe the value we did at our first comming. Againe, the Chi∣nois this yeare sent all the Rials they could get for China, wherefore we were forced to giue them credit, or else we must lose the principall time of the yeare for our sales. Pepper the Flemmings had left none, but what was in our hands and the Sabindars, who would not sell for any reasona∣ble [ 30] price. Also our goods now began to grow old, and the colours of many sorts began to vade, for the Ware-houses in that place are so hot and moyst, that although men take neuer so much paines in ayring and turning their wares, yet they will spoyle any sort of Cloth which shall lye long in them.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Hollanders cal∣led themselues English in the Indi••s, and so disgraced vs. Nouemb. 17. solemnized, & thereby a dif∣ference made betwixt vs.
• * 1.2

  A Carri•••• taken.
• * 1.3

  Cachinchina.
• * 1.4

  Macaou.
• * 1.5

  Danger by heate of Pep∣per.
• * 1.6

  Chinois disho∣nesty.
• * 1.7

  A ••••st of our buying so much Pepper.
• * 1.8

  Englishmen with the Hol∣landers.
• * 1.9

  A Iuncke from Ior.
• * 1.10

  Two great fires.
• * 1.11

  Anno, 1604.
• * 1.12

  Dangers by a Molato.
• * 1.13

  Needs must he goe whom ••he Deuill 〈◊〉〈◊〉. This Story be∣ing long I haue cut of••, le••t 〈◊〉〈◊〉 so irke ••ome quarrels cau∣sed both 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Iauans & Ho••∣landers, the pro••ix••tie might cause a third from the Reader.
• * 1.14

  Thomas Tudd dyeth.
• * 1.15

  Difficultie in Sayles.